Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has reportedly been appointed to the role of top battlefield commander in Ukraine.
His demotion will not fully exclude him from the Ukraine command loop, since he was appointed to serve as one of three deputies for Gerasimov.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that the new appointments for Putin's war effort are"related to the broader scope of missions tackled in its course and the need to organize closer coordination between military branches and services of the armed forces and also the increased quality of all types of logistics support and efficiency in command and control of the groups of troops," according to TASS.
Mark Galeotti, a writer, political scientist and director of the consultancy Mayak Intelligence, broke down the significance of the command shuffle in aRussia's army Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov attends an expanded meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, on December 21, 2022. In inset, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
At its core, the Russian command shakeup provides confirmation that"there will be serious offensives coming, and that even Putin recognizes that poor coordination has been an issue," Galeotti wrote. And for Gerasimov, the general must now take the reins of commanding a war that has left Russia with an
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